EDIT; I can’t reply to everyone individually but thanks for all the suggestions! Opiates are out of the question, doctors here will only prescribe those in terms of absolutely extreme suffering or end of life care. I also don’t particularly feel interested in developing a hard drug habit. Diclofenac and such are available but also only on separate prescriptions, I’d have to visit another doctor for that. I’m well stocked on paracetamol & ibuprofen, and apart from that, lots of ice cream, pudding & soup :)

Also, since a fair few people seem to doubt the veracity of my story, here’s the 22 extracted teeth (the other 10 were already gone in previous extractions).

  • Xyphius@lemmy.ca
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    I had 8 teeth pulled at once, many years ago. I couldn’t take Tylenol 3s as they made me sick. I did my best with ibuprofen and acetaminophen (one Motrin, one Tylenol extra strength). My father kept me distracted as much as possible. His advice was to keep your mind distracted as it can help with the pain.

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      Yeah this is a good option - too much ibuprofen is harmful, as is too much acetaminophen. But you can take both together and get double the pain relief.

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        NO DO NOT TAKE THEM TOGETHER.

        You need to alternate them. Taking them together creates negatively synergistic effects which ruins your health.

        FOR ANYONE READING DO NOT MIX IBUPROFEN AND ACETAMINOPHEN

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          that’s SO wrong… in australia our doctors and surgeons FREQEUENTLY tell us to take both ibuprofen and paracetamol (which is what most of the world calls acetaminophen) together

          perhaps you’re thinking of taking <brand name> and <other brand name or generic form of>

          ie do not take tylenol and paracetamol/acetaminophen, since they’re the same and you’re double dosing

          to add:

          too much paracetamol/acetaminophen causes liver damage

          too much ibuprofen effects your stomach, intestines, and kidneys

          their overdose effects are different

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            0Further down this user realized they didn’t really remember the name of which meds to not mix and may have been thinking of aspirin/ibuprofen …lol